Lady Araminta was seen off from the docks at Chenstowe-on-Sea with great ceremony if not much affection by her assembled family. (Originally published in the fabulous Fast Ships, Black Sails anthology of pirate stories edited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer.)

In the camp, the other men called her a witch, with relish and with envy.

Commonplaces

A short story found in the anthology The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Other writers in the anthology? Stephen King, Anne Perry, Anthony Burgess, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Baxter, Tanith Lee, Michael Moorcock, and many more.

Seven Years From Home

Published in Warriors by Gardner Dozois & George R. R. Martin and also appearing soon in Year’s Best SF 28